Hydrocarbon-burner.



J. A. HEWETT.

HYDROCARBON BURNER. APPLICATION FILED APR. I4. 19|?.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

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To all whom t may concern.' f i A Be it-knownxthat Il `JOHN A. HEWETT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Midlothian, in the county of Ellis and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners, ofwhich the following is a specication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements inihydrocarbon "burners, and

the? primary objectl of the invention is to provide a novel `and improved burnerfor f coal oil, petroleum, or other liquidfuel.

. Another object of the inventionisto pro- `vide a hydrocarbon burner of this character that is provided with apair of retorts and a deflector in connection therewith which `is adapted to `direct the flames, and spread `the same insuch a mannerthat the retorts `and-main feed 1pipe-will be thoroughly heated to vaporize the fuel before the same is discharged. y f i y v Still anotherlobjectof the inventionis to :provide a hydrocarbon burner of this char- 4 acter adapted tofbe positioned 'iny the conventional type of wood or coal stove, with no material change to the structure thereof. yA stilll furtherobject of the iinventionis to provide `a device offthis character `which is `easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will bevery y eificient'in operation. 'f i y "With these and numerous other objectsin view my invention consists ofthe novel features of construction, lcombination and arrangement of parts which will be herein-referred toand more particularly pointed out y in the specification and claims.

` In the accompanyin -drawingxf` Figure 1 is a plan view of the burner positioned in a conventional type of cooking stove; y i p Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the burner. showing one of the retorts, and a portion of the support in section, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the retorts.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views. As shown in Fig. l the burner is placed in the conventional type of wood or coal burningy A rspecicaton of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 21, 1917, yApplication led April 14, 1917. Sera1'No.r162,037.

The burner is provided with a right angular support 1, having an upright portion 2, and a flat horizontally extending portion 3,

that is recessedlongitudinally as shown at 4l for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described.

kThe burner proper comprises a main feed pipe5,thatis bent'intermediate its ends as shown at 6, with its side vportions extending in substantially parallel spaced relation, the side portions thereof being designated Vby the numerals'? 'and 8. This main feed pipe An additional control valve-12 is positioned in the connection between the supply pipe 9 and the fuel holding tank 10.

The supply pipe is connected with the side portion 7 nof the main feed pipe 5, as

clearlyshown in Fig 1 of the` drawing, while the free end of the opposite side portion -8 of said main pipe isk provided with a discharge pipe 13, that has a laterally and ldownwardly extending portion 14: connected with said side portion, and a parallel horizontally extending portion 15 positioned in the longitudinally extending recess inthe portion 8 of-the support. The extremity of this parallel portion, which portionl ispositioned centrally between the sideportions 7 andy 8, and in a plane beneath the same, is bent upwardly as shown at 16, and is provided with a burner head 17 thereon. This burner is approximately midway between the opposite ends of the side portions, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. I-Iolding Ybolts 18 are connected with the parallel portion 15 of the discharge pipe, and the bent portion 6 of the main feed pipe, said bolts being positioned through the portions 3 and 2 of the support 1 respectively. These bolts are of the conventional type as shown in the accompanying drawing, but it will be understood that if desired any other type of fastening means may be employed.

The main superheating feature of this type of burner includes a pair of transversely alined andfspaced retorts 19, which are positioned or interposed in the side portions 7 and 8 of the main feed pipe respectively. These retortsmaybe of *any size, corresponding to the size of the burner, and the same are surrounded by a deector strip 20, Vas clearly shown invFig. 3 of they drawfing. This strip `QOVeXtends across 'between the side portions 7 and-8 of the ,pipej, eind over the burner 17. y

. In operation, after the burner yhas been started, lit is'obvious that .the ame that lis fed from lthev burner 17, will strike the deflector strip 20, and hence will be spread around the retorts 19, so as -to thoroughly heat the same, and cause vaporization ofthe fuel :that is fedftherethrough. -The flame will also bedelected around the rmain feed pipe 45, sothat the sarne acts as ,a-super- .heater for the oilinaddition tothe retorts. The How of fuel through the burner is Vconvltrolledbythe valve 11, that -fmay be adjust- `ed' by .hand so as 4to permit therequisite amount of oil or other liquid'fueltoilow therethrough..v .This control valve 11is` preferably disposed through one sideof'thefstove 'in `which' the burner is positioned,zso that the same is easily accessible for operation. VThe support 1 on which the burner is positioned, is disposedin the stove in any desired manner.

simplyconstructed, and the coacting retorts that Aare associatedwith the main feed pipe,

description :of the construction and operation of my new and improved hydrocarbon burner for fcoal.oi-l, petroleum, ork other liquid fuel, the manner of applying `the saine to use andthe opera- `tionthereof V,will lbe .readily understood, .and

l it `Vwill ybe seen zthat I have provided a sim- This type of burnerV is easily and ple and eicientmeans for carrying out the *objectsn of this invention.

Having fully describedy my invention, what I claim -asnew, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. Aiiquid fuel burner including a right angular support, a substantially LlvJ-shaped main supply pipe havingits connected'ends V secured to, -the;upright*portion of the supon theaeXtremity of the discharge pipe, a

ypair of transversely zalined retorts in the kside portionsvof the main pipe adj acent-the v burner, and .a deflector carried by said retorts -and extending between the' same lover the burner. .i

. 12. A Alolu'id fuel burner including a sub- ;stantially U-shaped horizontallyy disposed main feed pipe, lan inlet control valve in one yend thereof', a discharge pipe on the other vend ofsaid main pipe yextending laterally and downwardly. andlbent parallel with the burner on the extremity of said vdischarge pipe, a retort ineach side portion of the --ma'in pipe, and a deflector carried by said A-retorts and disposed over the burner.

@main `pipe intermediate the side portions, a

, 3. A liquid Yfuel burner including a sub- A v`stantially U-shaped horizontally disposed main feed pipe,a cylindrical retort yineach iside portion of said pipe, a branch discharge pipe having a burner. disposed between-said ,retorts yand beneath the same, and a stripy surrounding the two retorts and extending Abetween thejsarne to form a deector disposed. overtthe burner. v In. testimony whereof, I affixmy signature hereto. f

'JOHN A. HEWETT.

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